[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3468: ST_GeogFromText should swap longitude when latitude crosses 90 deg

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#3468: ST_GeogFromText should swap longitude when latitude crosses 90 deg
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  Reporter:  tomvantilburg  |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium         |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.2.2
 Component:  postgis        |    Version:  2.2.x
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
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Comment (by munderwood):

 I agree that the current behaviour poses a problem. Silently turning (10,
 91) into (-170, 89) would definitely be better than turning it into (10,
 89) as happens now.

 An even better option might be to throw an error, preventing the
 INSERT/UPDATE operation that is trying to set a latitude greater than 90.
 Best of all would be if there were a flag with which the DBA could make
 the choice of behaviour. Something like {{{SET out_of_range_latitudes TO
 wrap|reject|reflect}}}, for example. (I personally don't see any reason to
 have the "reflect" option for new databases, but it could be used in
 existing databases for backward compatibility of behaviour.)

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